In December 2024, Andrei was convicted twice in a row under the article "distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity" and sentenced to administrative arrest. Subsequently, a criminal case was opened against him and he was transferred to a pretrial detention facility.
In April 2025, Andrei was found guilty on two counts—"insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko"—and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
